Social Policy for Social Work

City planning is a practice and a profession. It is also a set of goals and--sometimes utopian--aspirations. Formal thought about the shaping of ci...

This work presents an examination of the legal developments made in wage regulations within the United Kingdom. The period that has been chosen for...

Reducere. Originally published in June of 1850, this book which is now more than one-hundred fifty years old is still one of the most popular books published...

Reducere. How can we transform society in a way that unleashes its positive, creative potentials, instead of its violent, destructive ones? Unlearn shows how...

Reducere. A top economist weighs in on one of the most urgent questions of our times: What is the source of inequality and what is the remedy? In Giving Kids...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Alison Weir"Prodigiously documented... Alison Weir must be highly commended for throwing such a brilliantly hard light on t...

Reducere. In the Bernie Sanders Guide to Political Revolution, Independent congressman, presidential candidate and activist Bernie Sanders continues his figh...

Franklin D. Roosevelt is frequently described as one of the greatest presidents in American history, remembered for his leadership during the Great...

As the planet's human numbers grow and environmental concerns proliferate, natural scientists, economists, and policy-makers are increasingly turni...

Reducere. About the AuthorVic Brown enjoyed a 30-year career in the chemical industry with FMC Corporation, where he held a number of senior positions and wo...

Reducere. If the confusion following the last presidential election is any indication, the average citizen knows precious little about the democratic system ...

Reducere. Right People, Right Skills, Right Time -- "This is the future of work"WorkforceRx is a collection of proven workforce development strategies refine...

Reducere. All the Feelings Under the Sun: How to Deal With Climate Change is a timely, thoughtful book that will help young readers work through their feelin...

Reducere. Distinguished diplomat Ambassador Wendy Sherman brings readers inside the negotiating room to show how to put diplomatic values like courage, power...

America has a long history of diplomacy-ranging from Benjamin Franklin, Alexander Hamilton, and Thomas Jefferson to Henry Kissinger, Ronald Reagan,...

Reducere. DescriptionPlato's most famous work and one of the most important books ever written on the subject of philosophy and political theory, "The Republ...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Bs MR David Marx JdWe're going to hurt each other ... It's a fact of life, a cost of doing business. On the bright side, we...

Advising in austerity provides a lively and thought-provoking account of the conditions, consequences and challenges of advice work in the UK. It e...

Reducere. Democracy Unchained draws upon lessons from Professor Richard Dien Winfield's 2018 campaign for US Congress in Georgia to show how the United State...

Reducere. Over the past several decades, the Social Security Administration has tested many new policies and programs. These demonstrations have covered most...

What happens when students actually choose to learn outside the classroom? They become independent, lifelong learners, who never need to be told: `...

This exciting and practical book is filled to the brim with useful ideas for busy practitioners. Building on the work of Paulo Freire, theories are...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Mr Craig MurrayCraig Murray's tale of his Ambassadorship to Tashkent became an instant bestseller and is now a classic in s...

DescriptionIt's been called the root of all evil, and many other things besides, but what exactly does money mean? Where does it come from, and how...

DescriptionOne thing the past year's public conversations about sexual assault have started to make clear is just how much energy women put into si...

DescriptionAmericans constantly make moral judgments about presidents and foreign policy. Unfortunately, many of these assessments are poorly thoug...

Reducere. When the stability of American life was threatened by the Great Depression, the decisive and visionary policy contained in FDR's New Deal offered A...

Reducere. One of the most talked-about books in years, A Nation of Victims established Charles Sykes as a persuasive, witty, and controversial commentator on...

DescriptionWritten from the perspective of an insider of the most prominent events in the Middle East over the last fifty years, this book examines...

Contributor(s): Author: Zbigniew BrzezinskiBestselling author and eminent foreign policy scholar Zbigniew Brzezinski's classic book on American's s...

Reducere. "One of the most important books on Israel/Palestine in this generation."--The New York Review of BooksSupport for Israel's occupation of Palestini...

Reducere. Countless studies demonstrate that students with parents actively involved in their education at home and school are more likely to earn higher gra...

Description"Powerful as well as highly engaging--a brilliant book."--Amartya SenA Times Higher Education Book of the WeekIt may sound crazy to pay ...

Reducere. Most people get information about child sexual abuse from media coverage, social movements, or conversations with family and friends. Confronting C...

Reducere. DescriptionSocial factors, signals, and biases shape the health of our nation. Racism and poverty manifest in unequal social, environmental, and ec...

Austerity has been at the center of political controversy following the 2008 financial crisis, invoked by politicians and academics across the poli...

Reducere. Renowned social justice advocate john a. powell persuasively argues that we have not achieved a post-racial society and that there is much work to ...

Reducere. From one of the leading policy experts of our time, an urgent rethinking of how we can better support each other to thrive Whether we realize it or...

Partisan warfare and gridlock in Washington threaten to squander America's opportunity to show the world that democracy can solve serious economic ...

DescriptionIf you are embarking on a university nursing or midwifery degree, the books in this series will help you acquire and develop the knowled...

Reducere. Elinor C. Ostrom won the Nobel Prize in Economics in 2009, with recognition for her path-breaking work on institutions organized to address common-...

Reducere. The papers on psychoanalytic technique by Ella Sharpe (1875 -1947) are reprinted. There are five original clinical essays by Eric Rayner, Victor Se...

DescriptionTwo leading figures from the world of finance show how progressives can take their money away from conservative financial institutions a...

Reducere. Now a National Bestseller.To get ahead today, you have to be a jerk, right?Divisive politicians. Screaming heads on television. Angry campus activi...

Reducere. The battle of Tannenberg (August 27-30, 1914) opened World War I with a decisive German victory over Russia--indeed the Kaiser's only clear-cut vic...

This book unravels the lives, needs and experiences of Nigerian and Ghanaian women working in prostitution in Brussels. It will be of particular in...

Using real-life examples, this book enables practitioners and students to consider the ethics and assess the impact of social media on their profes...

Reducere. This book goes deep behind the scenes of school privatization campaigns to expose the complex networks of funding that sustain these efforts - ofte...

Written from the perspective of an insider of the most prominent events in the Middle East over the last fifty years, this book examines Egypt's di...

Reducere. Court of Injustice reveals how immigration lawyers work to achieve just results for their clients in a system that has long denigrated the rights o...

Reducere. The third edition of this landmark work adds forty new documents, which cover the significant developments in American Indian affairs since 1988. A...

DescriptionA moving, cross-national account of working mothers' daily lives--and the revolution in public policy and culture needed to improve them...

Reducere. This second edition of the authoritative Readings in Arkansas Politics and Government brings together in one volume some of the best available scho...

Written by a leading expert, this book examines equality issues in the City of London, arguing that social hiring practices in the City favour affl...

Reducere. A plea for the social efficacy of the neighborhood and its ecologyThe pressure is on: people move to cities in ever-growing numbers. So we build ne...

Reducere. Verna J. Kirkness grew up on the Fisher River Indian reserve in Manitoba. Her childhood dream to be a teacher set her on a lifelong journey in educ...

Ranging from Benjamin Franklin, Alexander Hamilton, and Thomas Jefferson to Henry Kissinger, Ronald Reagan, and James Baker, America in the World t...

Reducere. As Protestant denominations are fracturing over whether to ordain gays and lesbians, this work looks at The United Methodist Church's conversations...

In What We Made, Tom Finkelpearl examines the activist, participatory, coauthored aesthetic experiences being created in contemporary art. He sugge...

This publication collects contributions to understanding and addressing migration flows from Africa to Europe and supporting social coexistence in ...

This book is a concise, accessible guide to help social workers understand how politics and policy making really work-and what they can do to help ...

DescriptionNorth America's Indigenous population is a vulnerable group, with specific psychological and healing needs that are not widely met in th...

Reducere. In this new and thoroughly revised edition of Career Diplomacy, Foreign Service veterans Harry W. Kopp and John K. Naland lay out what to expect in...

Authoring a PhD is a complex process. It involves having creative ideas, working out how to organize them, writing up from plans, upgrading the tex...

Reducere. The social arrangements with which we are familiar work fairly well for most of us most of the time. We work, we earn, we pay taxes. We engage prof...

This book honors Cornelia Bodea, academician, scholar, professor, teacher, and, above all, friend and colleague to three generations of American an...

In the eighth century, Wu Jing selected exchanges between Emperor Taizong and his ministers that he deemed key to good governance. This collection ...

Practical Pedagogy expands the universe of teaching and learning. It provides an accessible guide to new and emerging innovations in education, wit...

In this book, researcher Matthew Gibson reviews the role of shame and pride in social work, providing invaluable new insights from the first study ...

This attractive and accessible textbook analyses and examines the policies, services and practice skills needed for collaborative, effective and eq...